| Facts to Consider: The Abuser
- Most offenders are not strangers to
their victims. In most cases, they are well known to their victims.
Approximately 25 percent of offenders are adolescents.
- Most of the reported abusers are
male.
- It is the offender who initiates the
sexual activity. The offender is responsible for the abuse no matter
what the child does.
- A recent Canadian study revealed that
more than 40 percent of convicted child molesters were sexually abused
as children. They tended to choose victims close to the age at which
they were first victimized.
- Offenders use a number of tactics to
gain access to children and to ensure their victim's silence. These
tactics include the use of threats, physical force, bribery, and other
forms of physical and psychological coercion.
- Some offenders have abused more than 70
children before any of the victims disclosed the abuse. In cases in
which one offender has abused a large number of victims, the abused
children are more likely to be male.
- Incest offenders reflect the same range
of education, religion, occupation, intelligence and mental health
status as can be found in a representative cross-section of the
general population. Abusers are found among all ages, ethno-cultural
communities and social classes.
- Most sexual abuse takes place in
the context of an ongoing relationship between the abuser and the
child. This long-term relationship gives the offender opportunity to
exploit the child's desires and fears. An incestuous father, for
example, may give his child special privileges or gifts to obtain his
or her cooperation and silence.
Information excerpt from...The
National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
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